CASES AND SIMULATIONS

Setting: Regional

DeBola is a prisoners dilemma simulation-game for teaching collaborative problem solving, conflict analysis and resolution, negotiation, and decision-making. Specifically, it does so in the context of NGOs and mission-driven organizations. Set against the background of ongoing Ebola outbreaks in Africa, a scenario right out of today’s headlines, it offers participants the sense of applying their analysis and skills to real-world problems. AUTHOR: Noam Ebner, of Creighton University School of Law. Winner First Place, Best Teaching Simulation Competition 2017

This simulation provides students with the experience of working in a contentious, collaborative environment to create a site development plan for property in a river flood plain. AUTHOR: Mike George, University of Nebraska. Honorable mention, Best Teaching Simulation Competition, 2011

This simulated negotiation, based on the establishment of a wolf-hunting season in Minnesota in 2012, is meant to portray a realistic collaborative effort to manage wolf populations as management of the species shifts to state control following its removal from the federal Endangered Species List. The stakeholders represent diametrically opposing views; however, there is room in the issues and options agreed upon to find a distributively fair and procedurally just solution for all members. AUTHORS: Lauren Elizabeth Colwell and Steve Smutko, Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Wyoming. First place, Best Teaching Simulation Competition, 2013

This case study examines how AIDS/LifeCycle, a 7-day, 545-mile bicycle ride down the California coastline, is an exceptional example of effective nonprofit management and fundraising, successful collaborative governance, social networking, service co-production via both fundraising and volunteer service delivery, and social capital building. AUTHOR: Mark W. Davis, Department of Public Policy and Administration, West Chester University of Pennsylvania. Honorable Mention, Best Teaching Case Competition, 2016.

In the face of a neighborhood's deterioration, business, governmental, philanthropic, educational, and nonprofit organizations form two cross-sector networks, only one of which succeeds. This case prompts readers to think critically about the factors that stimulate collaborative networks, the type of leadership that they need, and the challenge of sustaining networks. AUTHORS: Jay Kiedrowski and Allison Rojas, University of Minnesota. Honorable mention, Best Teaching Case Competition, 2007

When the Petruzzelli Theatre in Bari, Italy, was destroyed by arson in 1991, people in the public and private sectors, representing profit and nonprofit organizations at the local and national level, took part in the public debate on about next steps and possible ways of funding the rebuilding of the theater. This case helps students explore the methods used for the construction of collaborative processes or governance and to discuss the skills of the manager in the public sector who will manage the network of people involved. AUTHORS: Ornella Larenza, Alex Turrini, and Greta Nasi, SDA Bocconi School of Management, Bocconi University. Honorable mention, Best Teaching Case Competition, 2013

The Edwards Aquifer case provides a historical overview of one of the most contentious water disputes in the United States. The case provides an in-depth analysis of how this entrenched, 70 year old water dispute was ultimately resolved through a consensus-based, multi-stakeholder, collaborative process. AUTHORS: Adam Zerrenner, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Austin Office; and Robert Gulley, Texas Comptroller's Office and Adjunct Professor at Texas State University. Honorable Mention, Best Teaching Case Competition, 2016.

A county government, regional water authority, sovereign Indian tribe, and church come together to develop a sewer facility. While the initial success solved an immediate problem, longer-term implementation faces significant obstacles, demonstrating how challenging collaboration is beyond initial agreement. AUTHORS: Ricardo A. Morse and John B. Stephens, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Honorable mention, Best Teaching Case Competition, 2017

This simple seven person simulation is designed to help participants think through whether to collaborate or not, and if yes, with whom? AUTHOR: Rosemary O’Leary, University of Kansas School of Public Affairs. Honorable Mention, Best Teaching Simulation Competition, 2015.

This case centers on Syracuse, New York, which is polarized
over a critical transportation infrastructure question. Interstate 81, running
through the heart of downtown, is rapidly deteriorating, and deciding what to
do about the aging Interstate is a vexing problem that challenges lawmakers,
planning officials, and citizens to make many decisions affecting their
community. AUTHOR: Jack Becker, Maxwell School, Syracuse University. Second Place Award, Best Teaching Case
Competition, 2014